The Sun. — London, England, 1838-11-19 00:00:00

camps of military operations have been my home, and hun dreds of battles, without at any time being sparing of my blood, have elevated me to so eminent a position. In the cruel struggle which devours us I have never sought for encomiasts of my merits, nor have I made an abuse of my position for the purpose of magnifying events ; beithe have I fallen into the vicious practice of treache rously speculating upon the credulity of my fellow-country men. Free from ambitious views, contented solely with being useful to my Queen and my country, I have left my deeds to speak for themselves. I have merely defended myself when my reputation has been attacked ; I have only made representations when the good of the cause required it ; and more than once I have sacri ficed the triumph of my opinion to the general good. Others :may be flattered by command ; but for my self (I speak from my heart), it is nothing but a con tinual torment which has destroyed my health. I swore not to sheath my sword until I should see the destruction of the enemies of liberty and of your august daughter's throne ; but, having been placed on some occasions in a position wherein I could not be useful, I have renounced the command, in order to seek in the bosom of my family that physical and moral tranquillity which that command denied me. Offers, which were unfulfilled—the determi nation to conquer or die—the affections of my companions in glory—privations and dangers—pure and disinterested patriotism, have forced me to continue at the head of the army, worthy of a better lot, if the injustice of men, party spirit, or bad administration had not brought it into such misery, and interrupted the career of its triumphs. The country where the operations of that army have been carried on is a faithful testimcnial of these bitter and afflicting truths. Although that territory has been sacri ficed, in order to supply the army with a precarious sub sistence, its inhabitants cannot fail to acknowledge the principal support, whereby, nevertheless, its spirit, decision, its admirable discipline, are sustained, and its ardent desire to present its generous breast to the patri cidal sword. Let the country answer. Who is it that keeps the army ? Who cements its virtues ? Who ren ders it of weight and respectability in the midst of its misery ? It must. be replied, my good faith, as a private individual—the compromise of my fortune—the active co operation of the local authorities—justice in the distribution of the trifling supplies received—and, above all, the confi dence solidly acquired by the man who has given a thousand proofs that he does not entertain any ignoble pretensions. " I have been obliged, Madam, to overcome my natural modesty, in order to prove that the object of this represen tation is very far from being to cover ambitious designs ; for there is no stronger argument than a review of the titles, the position, and the favourable junctures pro fited by sJlely for the good of the cause, in order to produce the conviction that this good alone, this desire for its triumph is the agent whereby I am moved to op pose the sad project of the formation of the new army of reserve, of that ideal giant which has no other exactitude than the parallel of the person who has conceived the idea, persuaded that he is already furnished with wings in order to take his flight into space. And let it not be supposed that a personal enmity has the slightest influence in the step lam taking. General Narvaez, when he was brigadier, (lid not choose to continue in these provinces with the division under his command ; he left it, and that incon siderate step produced his separation. A period arrived when the safety of the country claimed the assistance of all those who had given proofs of gallantry in the field, and their love of glory ; it appeared to me that under that considera tion Brigadier Narvaez's services ought to be utilized, and I solicited of your Majesty's Government, that he might be evnplayed. This was granted by the Bardaxi ministry , but I never supposed that under the Ofalia ministry, he would be promoted to the rank of Major-General, without any pre vious action of war, or any special merit in support of such promotion ; and I frankly stated this to the Secretary of War, ad interim, in my character of War Minister in proprietary, kith which your Majesty was pleased to in vest me ; although at the time I did not foresee that this promotion was only a guerilla in advance of the vast project of which I have now arrived at the knowledge. " If General Narvaez had not. been pushed on by the party which,perhaps,isdesirousof good results, or were he deceived by theories which are not authorised to be propounded when established principles exist, it is very certain his march would not have been arrested, and that the troops of the army of reserve destined for Castile would at this moment have been performing important services for the cause; where danger threatens, where there are enemies to combat, where public opinion may positively be gained, where re wards are justly acquired, and where the faithful and de fenceless populations with reason exclaim against the abandonment, whereby they are placed at the mercy of the rebels ; enduring their rapine, their peafanations, in sults, and assassinations. The army of the north, after the many reductions it has suffered, would not find itself forced to detach forces into the interior to pursue Carlist expedi tions, which cannot be prevented from sallying forth, on ac count of the extended line t °be covered, notwithstanding the continual movements; whilst the soldiers arc without shoes, half naked, badly fed, and without pay. And whatjust, reason able, and useful motive has existed to reduce to no effect your Majesty's royal orders by which the coming hither of those troops was determined ? Why was it brought about that, after having filed off before your Majesty, they remained near the capital and were again reviewed ? . Because it had been already agreed upon, already arranged, to blind, to fa scinate with exterior appearances, in order to precipitate the adoption of the absurd project which was destined to annul those well-considered royal orders ;destined to aban don the towns and villages of Castile, and render this army useless. If not, why was a measure of such high importance proposed, agreed upon, sanctioned, and circulated with such rapidity that there was scarcely any interval between its an nouncement by the panegyrical journal and its official notifi cation ? How could a temporary War Minister presume, in a matter specially belonging to his department, to take upon himself the tremendous responsibility of a resolution as arduous end complicated as it was inconsiderately re solved upon ? Why was not the memorial or proposal sent for the examination and advice of the inspectors and directors of the different military arms ? Why was not the opinion taken of the Generals-in-Chief of the armies of operation, and particularly of myself, invested as I am by your Ma jesty with the character of Commandant-General of the United Armies, and possessing a category in the army which demands consideration and appreciation ? And why, in lieu of this, were Generals summoned who had none of the needful antecedents, and who had no knowledge of this war ? Because the authors of the project were convinced that had they taken the opinions of those who had superior right to advise upon measures of such importance, they could neither obtain sanction to the scandalousness of main taining troops in inaction close to the capital, nor could it be possible that the project should sea the light in public. Thus it is, Madam, that an abuse is made of your Ma jesty's name. " As emanating from your royal observation, encomiums are heaped upon the excellent footing of organization and the discipline of the troops, which so rapidly and cleverly, it is said, have been got together and utilized by their well-deserving Commandant-General, Don Ramon Maria Narvaez. Every Spaniard, more especially every mili tary man, is delighted to know or to observe that the na tional troops are in such a state ; but none believe that any person can admit either the exclusiveness that is in ferred, or the deduction that this interesting experiment can serve as a type for the monstrous creation of an army (al so o f reserve ) to cons i st o f f orty t h ousan d men. Men, m a d am , w h o are i gnorant o f t h e trut h —w h o are not in a situation to judge with exactitude either of things or . of persons —are easily led away by sophisms. Fatigued with the duration of the war, they' idolize whomsoever of fers the most, who mana g es o get the greatest number h. of a yeari to adulators, and who gets the highest value set upon pro ceedings. General Narvaez has required nearly organize the carps o f reserve, which WAS the hope of th ose populations who, with patriotic enthusiasm, placed all that was needful at his disposal. A portion of this corps ought now to be combating actively, a t t h e d est i nat i on that was pointed out for it. But it is wi s h e d t h at i t s h oul d serve as a basis for the formation of the grand array. Nevertheless, it is said that those troops e have b een collected together and utilized with equal rapidity and a bili ty . A s to° their utilization, would it have been right if a province which before had been infested by Palillos, Origita, and such like, should not have been freed from them when occupied by 14,000 men ? Resources, Madam, we re w h a t i t was urgent to create. If provided with them this ar m y wou ld not ' have had the signa l trium p hs which caused flattering hopes to be entertained interrupted. Had a had activitydthoseresources been provided the troops would have energy to repair the calamities which have occurred, and and this unfortunate nation would not have been the toy of extravagant (or foreign) influences, nor of plotting aspirations. " If—which is not credible---it should be .obstinately endeavoured to carry the plan into effect, theartnies of operations would become unhinged ; demoralisation would be the immediate consequence ; the scanty resources which are now sent to them would be all absorbed by the army of reserve. The army of operations would be un hinged, because the chiefs, officers, and sergeants would have to lea ve th e ex i st i ng corps , no twithstanding the remonstrances which would be made. These classes, so necessary in their regiments, would cease to perform the preferential scrvcie in the fi e ld b e f ore t h e enem y. From all the extremes of the Peninsula would be seen officers marching singly ; and it would lik ew i se b e a tt em pted to separate some veteran force to serve as a basis for the new battalions. Demoralisation would be an immediate consequence, because .. a sublime virtu e , an ar d ent d es i re f or glory, and an exqupate delicacy are necessary to prefer the sufferings, privations, and dangers of the armies of opera tions to the attraction of promotion and pay, which might be attained in the army of reserve, without so much risk or such sacrifices ; and there would not be wanting some f who, in order to escape from an immediate danger, or from some other more ignoble cause, would seek opportunities of obtaining a change of 'destination, and would point out in public writings the personal advantages of quitting the theatre of war. " The 15th article of the Royal Order concedes to Ge neral Narvaez universal powers, since it authorises him to adopt whatever measures he may conceive to be expe dient, it being understood that they will be approved by your Majesty. This article, Madam, would be sufficient to prove the want of foresight, the levity, and the ab surdity which has been practised. In investing a General with such extended powers it is essential to have securi ties for his judgment, prudence, and circumspection, as well as that he will never abuse these powers. Commendable titles are necessary to justly set him above the other gene rals in command of armies. It is indispensable that those claims should not clash with the general interests, or con spire towards the dissolution of the armed force, which is the support of the Constitution, of the throne, and of your Majesty's regency. " When I observe, Madam, such marked deviations from rationality and public expediency, I fear—and 1 be lieve with reasonable foundation—that it is endeavoured by a party to find a man whose known tendency leads him towards their views, and renders him susceptible of aspiring to a dictatorship. Want of experience ; self-love long unsatisfied ; heated passions; ani a thousand springs set in motion, are capable, Madam, of hadine- so much into error, that, with the best iatention4, the personL the most eligible or determined person—may take a false step. I concede all these qualities to General Nar vaez : and I have no doubt as to his attachment to legal liberty, inasmuch as he has acquired a good reputation as a chief in the field ; but his domineering character wiil not admit of a superior. When he was a brigadier, he refused to be dependent upon generals ; he made efforts to com mand in chief ; and he managed so, that his opinion should prevail in a conference. When be was a brigadier, he shunned serving under my orders. When he was in cuartel (a sort of honourable arrest), I was desirous of proving to him my sentiments, by soliciting that he might be sent to me ; my object being to give him the command of a divi sion. He still found means of avoiding it. Without knowing why, he was promoted to the rank of genera and obtained an independent command. The events of the war rendered it necessary that troops should be marched upon Burgos. Your Majesty determined that this should take place ; General Narvaez marched with this obj,,ct ; but, instead of continuing his route, your Majesty is aware of what he demanded. Having given proof of this dis position, nothing would be more easy, if he were to find himself at the bead of an•army of forty thousand men, created by the ruin of the armies of operations, and when the enemy, consequently, would have obtained the supe riority, than to accept the suffrage, and the investiture to which at this moment a party, or a set of petty intriguers, are predisposed. " The urgent necessity for averting the tremenuous evils which would be brought on by the project con- ; tained in the aforesaid royal order of the 23d instant, which I received by the last courier, in case it should have been or be intended to be put in practice, does not allow me time to further pulverize it of the anomalies, vices, and absurdities with which it abounds. I have, notwithstand ing, proved that the cause of liberty and of the throne of your Majesty's august daughter would receive a mortal blow, the immediate result of which would be the triumph of the rebel prince. As a citizen and a general I have considered it a duty, a sacred obligation, to make this re presentation to your Majesty, in virtue of the right con ceded to me by the Constitution. Ido it with the frank ness which is seldom put in practice by puerile fears. My conviction forces me to do so. The country and the Queen require strong and well-tempered shields to resist and overturn rash machinations. The country and the Queen have armies faithful to their oaths ; as brave in combating the common enemy, as to bring into subjection those who are labouring to retard our triumph. This, Madam, cannot be doubtful if your Majesty acts as Queen Regent. Let those timid beings disappear who subscribe from debility to the designs of low intrigue ; let all be proscribed who have not for their banner, 'The Constitution of the year 1837, Isabel 11., and the Regency of your Majesty.' By following solely the im pulses of your heart it is impossible for your Majesty to fail in finding, out of twelve mi!lions of inhabitants, six pure, firm, wise, and just councillors to steer the vessel of the State, who, free from all party spirit, will make it known that the above is the only and exclusive banner that ought to be faithfully followed by all those who do not wish to undergo public execration, and the punishment pointed out by the laws to those who have been guilty of perjury to the common cause. Thus confidence will be renewed ; thus suppressed patriotism will revive ; thus we shall ob tain order and union, which are the necessary elements for arriving at that conclusion, which is the object of so many sacrifices, and of so much bloodshed—for arriving at THE PEACE FOR WHICH THE NATION SIGHS.' " Alay your Majesty deign to receive with benignity these loyal and pure sentiments, produced by the best de sire for the good of the country and the lustre of the throne, which all hope for under the maternal Regency of your Majesty. ____ " THE COUNT OF LUCHANA. " Head.quarters, Logrono, Oct. 31, 1838." HOLLAND AND BEIGIUIIL BRUSSELS, Nov. 17.—(From the (Jourrier Belge.)— To-day we have not room to bestow on the Committee ap pointed to draw up the Address, the praise which on this occasion it well deserves. We bad calculated rightly. The composers of the Address have shown themselves equal to the occasion. It was difficult to be more dignified with patriotism, more calm with firmness, more prudent with courage. This is, in our opinion, one of the most glo rious precedents of a Legislature ; for the country it is the text of a programme, the more significant, as the moderation and justness of the expressions secure it from all accusations of vain boasting. We are persuaded that the document will produce an impression equal to the authority of the men who drew it up. In our opinion it will complete the work of a frank and vigorous policy in the hands of the Government. The following is the proposed address, which will doubtless suggest to our readers the same reflections as we have just expressed— "SlßE—The nation could not doubt that your Majesty entertained, with respect to our differences with Holland, the sentiments which animate you. It knew, Sire, that you defended the rights and interests of the country with perseverance and courage. But the strikinc , manifesta tions of national feeling which has proceeded ° from your Throne, was well calculated to excite the eathusiasns with which your words were received. In disclosing to us this unanimity between the Government and the country, you have told us what our strength is. • (We shall give the close of this Address to-morrow.) The remaining paragraphs express satisfaction at the new Treaties of Commerce, the good discipline of the army, the progress of public works, particularly iron railroads, and other circumstances alluded to in his Majesty's speech. DUTCH FUNDS.—A3ISTEnDAM, Nov. 16. Money. Bills. 534 53 2 p l e t p c e e r n C t ent JUL 101 95 9554 Ditto, A A c i i r a t l s p ditto v e n b d t i 5, c , 4% percent. Ditto, ditto, 3% per cent. 79 79% Commercial Company, 4.4 per cent 174%i 175% Ditto (1532 and 1833) 5 per cent. ...... 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 Loan 1836, 4 per cent. . 101 34 Ditto 1837, 5 per cent. 99 99>. Exchange on London, One month l2 12% Two months BELGIAN k UNDS—Bausans, Nov. 17. 1 1/ Actual Debt, 2Y.; per Cent. Rothschild's Loan, 5 per Cant. lOl% Loan of Thirty Millions, 4 per Cent. 9934 3 per Cent. 6544 Loan of City, 1832, 4 per Cent. 97 Society of Commerce, 4 sper Cent 144 Bank of Belgium, 5 per Cent l4l National Society .... Brussels Papers, Nov. 17. AUSTRIAN FUNDS.—Vimve, N ov. 9. Five per Cents. Met a lli ques Four per Cents. Three per C en t s . Bank Shares 11.8944 —.ellfgemeineZeitung, Nov. 14. HAMBURG BORSEN HALLE, Nov. 13. Bills. Money, Austrian Meta Piques, 5 per cent. Dit'o ditto 3 per c,nt Ditto eit to 21 per cent, — Liao Bank Shares 1463 Is6l Analo.Russian Loan ll .7% 107 Russian 5 per cents. Metal. Paper Inscription, 6 per cent 12% 102 1 4 Russian I nscription, Hope and Co., 3d and 4th Series 99 97% Ditto, Certificates Portuguese Regency Bonds, 5 per cent — .... Ditto, 3 per cent. ..... Dutch 9?-, per Cents. 52% 52;4 Ditto 5 per Cents 99% 99% Polish Bonds, 3 per cents. New Tickets 156% 151% Anglo-Danish Loan, 3 per cents ... 71% 71% Norwegian Loan of 1534, 4 per cents Spanish, in piastres, 3 per Cents — Cortes Loan, 5 per Cent Greek 4 per cents. 1533, guaranteed by France —. EXCHANGES. ON LONDON. H kMIIIIRCI, Nov. 13.--13 74 ; two months, 13 6 ST. PEW:SABO:WO, NOV. 2.—Three months, 11 3-32. BERLIN, Nov. Io.—Three months, 6. 29. STOCKHOLM, Nov. 5 —Two months, 12 6. --Hanztaire Papers, Nov. 13. PRUSSIAN FUNDS.—BERLIN, Nov. 8. Bills. Money. t. Schuld. Sch., 4 per cent lO3 102% Prussian Englis Loan, 1830, 4 per cent leO% 102% Exchange on London, three moneas 622 —Prussian State Gazette. Nov. 11. rsbi; gh papers to the 3d Clanricarde RUSSIA We have received St. p et , instant. On the 28th ult. the 'Marquis had his audience of introduction to - the l E ms of afterwards, with Lady Clanricarde, admitt e d or and was honour by the Empress. Mr. J. R. miiban e ke to s th e same of the British Embassy and Charge d'Affaires' adecretary was also presented to the Emperor and Empres s to take leave. Prince Hohenlobe-Kirchberg, Wurtemberg Minis_ a ter, bad audience the same day of their Majesties on his return. Duke Maximilian of Leuchtenberg ar • rived at Zarskojeselo the following evening. THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 1838. A Russian merchant-vessel, the Peslevon, bound from Odessa to Galatz, was recently driven on a bank in the Black Sea. The crew, however, and passengers, 53 per sons in all, clung to the wreck, and subsisted for a short time on a few provisions and a little brandy which they had been able to save ; but on this stock being exhausted, they found themselves reduced to all the extremities of thirst and hunger. They were at length driven to the dreadful expedient of casting lots as to who should die, and one of the officers of the vessel, a young Greek, upon whom the fatal lot fell, was making preparations for death by strangu lation, when a woman, one of the passengers, by her en treaties prevented the sad determination from being carried into effect. While all the sufferers were remaining in a state of stupor from the sudden revulsion thus caused in their feelings, a sail was descried in the horizon ; signals were immediately made, the vessel stood in towards them. and the whole of the ship-wrecked perso.is were rescued from a miserable death, and carried by the ship, which was coming from Corfu, into Odessa. A letter from Odessa of the 19th ult., quoted by the France, says, that a Russian squadron, commanded by Rear-Admiral Astiurhoff, reinforced by three vessels, had that day sailed for Sebastopol, where it was to make only a short stay, and was then to proceed, having been reinforced by the division of Admiral Zazareff (Lazareff ?) to the Dar danelles, to observe the movements of the Turkish and English fleets. to starve, and that nothing fell to their lot as producers, which could in any way be set off against the sufferings which as consumers they felt from the lack of corn. And that the ccrresponding inference held good in the enlarged case of the Corn-laws. To this the Standard has offered no reply. It struck every person, that while Manchester was so walled up, a statement that its continuance could be ren dered necessary by any circumstances of taxation or public or private debt withi❑ the walls, would be voted by accla mation nugatory and absurd. And that there was the same absence of reason, why any similar statements con nected with the continuance of the Corn-laws, should be re ceived with respect. To this also, the Standard has omitted to make any answer. It was an evidently necessary consequence, that if the people within the walls had the ordinary tendency to multi plication, a large and increasing population must be from time to time ground down, or else prevented from coming into existence, by the combined operation of vice and misery; and there was no visible reason why an effect of the same kind should not equally be taking place, in the case of the Corn laws. To this inference the Standard has not attempted any opposition. If in a town so walled-up there were Poor-laws, it was plain that to a certain extent, they gave at least the prospect of some check to the system of starving the industrious classes for the benefit of the owners of the flower-pots ; and that the population which should consent to see the provi sion for the poor removed or reduced, while the shutting cf the gates was persisted in, would offer an instance of abject courtilg of injury, such as human nature might have been deemed incompetent to furnish. And that an inference of the like nature must present itself, when the poor are " thrown on their own resources" by the New Poor-law, and the landowners left to continue to find their resources in the Corn-law. To this again, the Standard has not attempted to reply. . Itwas remarked as evident, that in a town so excluded from supply from without, the labourers, and farmers if such there were, employed in the cultivation of the flower-pots, must in a short time be brought to the same state of depression with the rest of the industrious classes. For so long as the instinct of multiplication operates with them as with the other classes, they must bring themselves by mutual competition to the same scale of wages and of profits ; the restrictions imposed acting equally upon all, to prevent the finding employment for children in trade beyond the walls. All of which appears to be directly transferable to the in stance of the Cara-laws. To this too, the Standard has not produced the appearance of an answer. If an arrangement was provided, for allowing the intro duction of corn from without the walls, on payment of duties falling with the urgency of the moment, it would be plain that this was only an invention of the:nature of a safety-valve, for creating the maximum of safety to the general wrong ; and the like inference appears inevitable in the case of the Corn-laws, so long as no reason is offered to the contrary, which by the Standard has not been attempted to be done. The fallacy was equally palpable, of defending the closing of the gates, on the pleas that it was necessary in \order to have a resource against famine; to preserve independence ; that prices outside would rise ; that the population in• side would increase till prices were as high as before ; that there could be no such thing as a permanently overflowing supply ; that any benefit could only be temporary ; that the trade outside would not produce so much home expenditure ; that the manufacturers engaged in supplying the owners of flower-pots, were among the classes interested in prevent ing a better market outside ; that the flower-pets were pro perty -; that they were part of our institutions ; that the frame-work of society would be dissolved. And by parity of reasoning, similar conclusions were indicated, on the subject of the Corn-laws. On all these' points, either expressed or readily under stood in the particular illustration or mode of argument which the Standard has professed to oppose, it has allowed judgment to go entirely by default. Friends and enemies are invited to observe, that on the whole of the analogies and conclusions thus advanced, it has attempted no defence whatever, but instead, has put forward three unconnected objections to the removal of the Corn-laws, the strength of which it is now the time to examine. CORN-LAW FALLACIES, WITH THE ANSWERS. ( Continued from The Sun of Wednesday.) 254. —" Suppose," says Colonel Thompson, in one of his late anti-corn lectures, " Manchester surrounded with a well of brass, and the people condemned to subsist upon the corn produced within that wall, and you have a type of the Corn laws." Give me a footing, and I will move the world, said the mathematician. If Colonel Thompson is to suppose for us, he can have no difficulty in proving what he pleases for us, but we can suppos . 7,no such thing as he bids us to suppose, and therefore we will come to the fact—we cannot suppose a self existent, self-peopled. self-defended, self-supported manufac turing town, such as Manchester.—Standard, Oct. 2, 1838. ANSWER.—The argument was, not that Manchester would hold out a greater or less time against the infliction of such a regimen ; but that evils would arise, which by parity of reasoning must also arise in the case of the Corn laws, and that one set is illustrative of the other. And this it was, which the opponent was to disprove if he could. 255.—We know that, shut up in the Colonel's brazen wall —and no matter how abundantly rupplied with food of every kind—Manchester would be on - 3 -half depopulated, and the other half pauperised, in five years, and that at any time during that five years, its brazen wall would form but a feeble defence against any enemy that should think it worth conquer ing.—ld. A.—lt had been stated, that if Manchester were walled up, certain ill effects would arise within the year from the diminution of food ; and reply is made, that if Manchester were walled up, it would be impoverished within five years from other causes. Whether true or not, this is nothing to the argument. 256.—Defence and population are supplied by the rural districts, And by the rural districts, too, arc the worn-out manu facturers maintained, while the Corn-laws supply to the manu facturing towns the only means of even in part repaying the benefits that they receive. This trash of Colonel hompson is, however, not one jot worse than that usually employed by the anti- Corn-law agitators. —ld. A.—lnstead of answering the argument in hand, three new reasons are brought forward, why walled-up Manches ter should be uncomfortable ;—which will be answered ire their turn. But what had been argued was, that if Manchester was eenfined to the corn grown in flower-pots within its walls, it would be useless to try to persuade the inhabitants in general, that the high prices thus created for the owners of the flower-pots were an advantage to the community, on the ground that when one portion of the community is be nefited the carters must benefit along with it. And that by parity of reasoning, the like may be inferred in the case of the prohibition of foreign corn. To this the Standard has given no reply. It had been urged, that it would be vain to try to con. vince the manufacturers in particular, that the increased prices given for the corn of flower-pots were afterwards laid out by the owners of the flower-pots upon the manu facturers, to their great gain and advantage. Because the manufacturers would see clearly, that the process amounted only to inviting them to give the price of two yards of cloth for a bushel of corn instead of one yard, on the pro mise that the increased price should afterwards be laid out upon themselves,—in other words, that they should. be in dulged with giving two yards of cloth for a bushel of corn, instead of one yard. And that by parity a reasoning, the like may be inferred in the cam of the prohibition of foreign corn. To this the Standard has offered nothing in op- Position. It had been pointed out, that to tell the inhabitants of Manchester that by opening their gates they would only exchange one set of agricultural customers for another, and that any quantity of corn obtained from without, must be balanced by the cessation of an equal quantity from within, would be unreasonable and beyond the bounds of what human credulity can be expected to receive. Inas much as it would be notorious and palpable, that the ob ject was to exchange the worse set of customers for the better,—the customers who gave a bushel of corn for two yards of cloth, for the customers who gave it for one. And that by parity of reasoning, the like may be inferred in the case of foreign corn. To this also, the Standard has offered noth'ng in reply. It had been stated, that to tell the people of Manchester of the superior value of the home market, would be met by the assertion, that the proof of this rested on experiment, and that whenever they had the evidence of prices, that the home market was not the best hut the worst, they must be excused for preferring that which gave most. And that by parity of reasoning, the like may be advanced in answer to the alleged importance of the home market in the case of foreign trade in corn. To this again, the Standard has stated nothing in the way of refutation. It had been advanced, that it would be useless to attempt to deter the manufacturers of Manchester from opening their g ates, by the repre s e n t a ti on th a t their wages must fall. Because they would immediately answer, that they knew their wages must fall, but not so much as the'price of corn, and therefore the end would be, that they would obtain a bushel of corn for the labour that made one yard of cloth, instead of the labour that made two, which was that they wanted. And that by parity ef reasoning, the like would hold good in respect of any fall of wages that was to arise from access to foreign corn. To this too, the Standard has presented no disproof. It had been noticed, that it would be an equally bootless errand, to persuade the manufacturers to keep fast their gates, for fear of the influx of hands from the cultivation of flower-pots, which would be thrown upon manuf.ctures if the flowe--pot system were put an end to. Because the ma nufactuters would know full well, that for every additional hand thus thrown on manufactures for employment, a call for ten would be created in consequence of the general freedom given to industry. And that by parity of reasoning, the like is to be inferred in the case of removing the prohibi tions on the trade in foreign corn. To this moreover, the Standard has not advanced any objection or reply. It had been observed, that it would be totally useless to expect to induce the manufacturers to keep fast their gates, by the promise of a protection in turn to each of their respec tive branches, consisting in preventing the introduction. of any manufactures of the same kind from without the walls. Because it would be plain that this was no cure of the great internal evil, consisting in bein g confined to the use of the smaller quantity o f f oo d instead of the greater. And that the like inference immediately presents itself, in consi lering the question of foreign corn. To this the Standard has suggested no reply. The first is, that the rural districts supply the &fence of the rest of the community, and therefore should have the Corn-laws. In other words, that the military prowess of a thousand recruits from the class of clod-hoppers, is so de cidedly more useful and available for the defence of a mari time country than the services of two thousand manufac turers and seatnen, that it is imperiously necessary to put down the latter by law, as the means of securing the other. The second, that the population of the manufacturing towns cannot be kept up without assistance from the rural districts. Which is only sa3izlg that the condition of the manufacturers is made s;.-bad, that they cannot keep up their numbers ; a condition worse than the average condi tion of slaves in the European colonies. The third, that the manufacturers when worn out, must be maintained by the agriculturists. Which people thou g ht a good deal had been clone to do away, by what the inven tors of the New Poor-law call " throwing the poor upon their own resources." If the three new reasons are naught, then the Standard has given a specimen of what its side can do in the way of argument for the Corn-laws. (TO BE CONTINUED.) Notice had been taken, of the inutility of endeavouring to frighten the inhabitants of Manchester, by the threat that if they opened their gates, capital would migrate into the surrounding country. For they would reply, that if it did migrate, it would be no worse than that all should be ruin ously shut up at home by the invention of confining men to town-grown corn. And that the like inference l ea p s i nto men's faces, on the subject of the actual Corn-laws. To this the Standard has attempted no answer. It was palpable, that it would be a flagrant absurdity to threaten the people of Manchester, that if they opened their gates, the consequence would be the establishment of rival manufactures outside. Because they would reply, that supposing this done to the fullest extent, their condition would at all events be no worse than while they were penned within their gates ; but that the last way, in their eyes, to make people establish manufactures for themselves, was to manufacture for them, and that all they asked was, to be allowed to supply manufactures to such as would wil lingly receive them. And the like inference appeared ine vitable in the case connected with foreign corn. To this the Standard has not made any reply. It had been noted as evidently useless, to try to persuade the people of Manchester to keep fast their gates, by the fear that corn would be bought, outside with their gold. For they would reply, that the gold could go no lon g er than it was more profitable that it should go t han st ay , a n d there fore the practice must stop of itself, unless a way was con temporaneously found out of purchasing gold with Man chester goods in some other direction, which would be the very thing they most desired. And that the like answer holds, in t he case of any corresponding danger threat ened from the removal of the Corn-laws. To this again, the Standard has offered nothing in the way of objection. It was clear, that there would be no use in asking the manufacturers to believe, that as producers they had some interest distinct from that of consumers, which should in duce them to keep up high prices by keeping fast their gates. Because they would answer that they had the lamentable experience, that as consumers they were driven ST. MARY'S, ISLINGTON. The contest for the situation f Vestry Clerk in this parish has terminated, as, we foresaw, in the election of Mr. R. Oldershaw, by a considerable majority—Older shaw, 1,700 votes ; Cork, 571 ; and May, 152. Not only was the popular party divided, but it is supposed that it was betrayed, if not actually sold. This is, for the pub lic good, deeply to be lamented ; for in the success of Mr. R. Oldershaw both morality and freedom are much out raged. The circumstances of the case are these :—His father, the late Vestry Clerk, had filled that situation, with a certain salary, latterly, of 6001. per year, and probably it was at no time worth to him less than 8001. a year, for thirty-two years. Enjoying for so long a period the confi dence o f th e par i sh, which was annually requited, on his part, by many public professions, however hypocritical, of rectitude, he obtained also s great deal of confidence from individuals, and received many commissions, as trustee and guardian of widows and orphans. Yesterday three weeks, when his family were at church, this gentle man hanged himself ; and then it came out that he had defrauded those who had confided in him, utterly ruining several persons of the middle classes, and had put an end to himself, in order to escape, it is supposed, the disgrace of detection, if not the punishment, due to delin quencies. N o sooner was the breath out of his body, on the very day that he hanged himself, than some of the members of the Tory clique in the parish, who have always supported him, and whose especial agent and associate in parish matters he has been met and resolved to elect the son of the defaulter in his room. On the day following a considerable number of names were procured to a requi sition to this effect, which, within less than 36 hours after the old man was dead, was printed and put into circulation. The parties who took this step must have been aware of the cause of the Vestry Clerk's death, for the son knew of his father's circumstances a week before. Without making any other inquiry into the matter than a private one, for the mere purpose of exonerating the son from any share in the father's delinquency, without officially making the parish acquainted with the vacancy, the Churchwarden, being one of the Tory clique, and acting in conjunction with them, proceeded to call a Vestry to elect a Vestry Clerk. On Thursday the Vestry assembled for the purpose, when it was first officially stated that the late Vestry Clerk was a defaulter to the parish to the extent of several hundred pounds. Such a fact, combined with the other lamentable circumstances, warranted an amendment to postpone the election tillan inquiry was made ; such an amendment was accordingly moved, and the Churchwarden, who had de c'ded that there should,ba an election before a vacancy was declared, overruled it by his own authority, and proceeded to the election. It is the opinion of well-informed persons that his decision was illegal, and that consequently the election is void, and that all the acts done by the new Ves try Clerk will be illegal. On the numbers being declared on Saturday evening, Mr. Hodgskin, who had moved the amendment on Thursday, rose to deliver in a formal pro test against the election, and explain to the Vestry what course it would be incumbent on it to adopt to ascertain the legality of the election, and if illegal, set it aside. But the Tory clique immediately set up a yell such as is seldom heard, and persisted in making all sorts of discordant noises till one of their own party moved the adjournment of the Ves try, and their own Churchwarden declared the adjournment carried. The meeting then broke up, and nothing further was said, though several persons, indignant at the conduct of the Tories, loudly demanded that another gentleman should take the chair, and pass a censure on their proceed ings. Thus for the present the son of the late defaulter, both to the parish and to individuals, is placed in his father's situation, and, like him, by being invested with the confidence of the parish ma y appear to deserve the confidence of individuals. No public investigation has been instituted, either into the parish accounts or the private defalcations of the deceased.; his family, who are well provided for, have not publicly offered to make good any part of the father's defal cations ; and with all these account s unsettled, • with public justice unsatisfied, the High Church Tories of Islington have placed the son of the defaulter in his father's situation. The indecent eagerness with which they have carried their plan into execution, gives rise to a strong suspicion that they are conscious of having done something which requires concealment. They and the late defaulter ware all members of the same paro chial party ; and by placing his son in his place they secure oblivion, they think, for all his past deeds. The moral and religious people of England, however, will learn with some LONDON : MONDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 19, 1838. The Times always instructs us by its conduct as much as by its language. In the accounts received from abroad on Saturday, .it is stated that Admiral STOPFORD, with a part of his squadron, after sepa rating from the Capitan Pasha on the most friendly terms, is about to return to Malta. Constantinople then is for the present safe. The Russians, we may be sure, have given .such guarantees to our Ambassa dor at Constantinople of their peaceable intentions that he has authorised the Admiral to withdraw. By the diplomatic skill of Lord PALMERSTON and Lord PoN SONBY, the decision of the question that did threaten the peace of Europe appears for the present postponed or settled. Now comes down the Times with a thundering article appealing to all that is manly and patriotic in Lord PALMERSTON to send forth the warlike might of Britain, and convince the CzA R that Constantinople is safe under our protection. Cunning, careful, watchful Times. By-and-by, when dates and circumstances have passed a little into oblivion, when Russia is crouching in peace and Turkey growing strong and wealthy under the united protection and commerce of England and Austria, the Times will point to its article of to-day, and to another or two of its recent articles conceived in the same spirit, which have all been written, however, after the good work has been achieved by others, and ask what the world thinks of its power ? Neither Lord PONSONBY, nor Lord PALMERSTON, nor Ad miral STOPFORD, nor the spirited language of any other English Journal has kept in check the Russian Bear, "it has been entirely done," the Times will say, " by its thunder." We have the greatest pleasure in informing our readers that already have the beneficial consequences of the decision of the Judges, in quashing the Mid dlesex County -rate, began to appear. That decision has communicated such a degree of warmth to the Lunatic Asylum at Hanwell, that Col. CLITHEROE now thinks it will be unnecessary for him to press his notice of motion at the next General Quarter Sessions of the Peace, for an additional two thousand pounds to warm that pauper (?) establishment. This novel mode of diffusing heat throughout a large public building is far more economical than even Dr. ARNOTT'S admi rable invention, and infinitely superior to Mr. Serjeant ADAMS'S recent attempt, because it conveys hea t without " smoke." A letter to the President of the Board of Controul on the all engrossing subject of our Indian policy, has just been published by SMITH and ELDER, the en terprising booksellers of Cornhill. It is from the pen of Colonel CAULFIELD, an officer in the Indian army, and its object is to sketch an outline of the course which we ought to pursue in order to preserve and consolidate the vast empire which we have acquired in the East, threatened as that empire is. by the all but hostile attitude lately assumed by Russia. The writer is of opinion that the period has now arrived when we must either assume " a paramount controlling sove reignty, or act in concert with confederated States for the preservation of the country, from the ambitious designs of Russia," there being no other alternative left us. In discussing the relative merits of these two systems of action, Colonel CAULFIELD scouts the idea of placing any reliance upon a confederation with our independent and subsidiary allies. This he for cibly observes " is a delusion that nothing short of besotted ignorance of the character and history of our rule, or extreme infatuation, could seriously contem plate. Can it be supposed that any confederation within the compass of our power to organise, would be bending under the magical effects of a call upon the" Kings and Chiefs to the eastward of the Indus, to rouse themselves and throw off the shackles by which they have long been galled, and achieve, in concert with the united powers of Russia, Per sia, and Affghanistan, an independence for which they have long secretly pined ? No, not for a mo ment. The talismanic thrill of such an invitation would act with 'the force and rapidity of a galvanic shock, to the most remote corners of our possessions."- The author then goes on to corroborate this startling view of the precariousness of our hold on the affection and fidelity of the native Indian Princes, by prods drawn from history, from the time of HYDER ALY and his son, down to the Burmese war in 1824, to which war he asserts all the native powers of India looked with delight, as the sure and certain means of our annihilation. The following is the plan which Colonel CAUL FIELD chalks out for our Government to pursue under existing circumstances. It is a bold one, but we are thoroughly convinced of its soundness. The only way to deal with the Scythian Bull is to take him by the horns at once:— " England must insist upon the free passage of the Darda nelles and the uncontrolled navigation of the Euxine; any opposition to this, should be considered as a declaration of war. Acting upon which it would be our policy to re orga nize and guarantee the independence of Poland; to stimulato and aid the Porte in the recovery of her provinces in Asia Minor and Armenia ; and whilst this was going on in Europe, we should in this country, restore the old King of Ave, con fine him to the eastward of the Irrawaddie, parcel out the in termediate country between our present frontier and that river into petty subsidiary States, and have a military road from Munnypore to that river, and impose a subsidiary force on Nepaul and Bootan. " To the west and northwest the Indus, from its source to the sea, must be our boundary. The Afghan kingdom must be regenerated, and an intimate connection established be tween us. This course would be the work of time, but no "delay in' commencing the European part of it should take place. If we permit the second move of the Russian game to take place; if we allow a Russian-Persian army to invest Candahar ; if we allow, by our supinencs., a confederacy to be organized between Nicholas, Muhumud Shah and Dost Muhumud, our folly may be d;sastrous." Among the most important communications recently received from he Turkish capital was a letter which appeared in The Sun of Saturday, dated the 28th ult., which stated that the Russian Ambassador at the Porte had addressed a remonstrance to the SULTAN , i ll which his Excellency emphatically observed, that un less his Highness disannulled the Commercial Treaty between Great Britain and Turkey, the Emperor his master would regard it as a violation of the Treaty of. Unkiar 'Skelessi, and consequently as a declara tion of war against Russia. This is probable, and we trust true ; though as yet we have received no additional information upon the subject. Tha t the main provisions of the treaty just concluded be tween Great Britain and the Porte amount to a po sitive revocation of the treaty of Unkiar 'Skelessi, the purchase of a secret fraudulent negociation on the part of the Cabinet of St. Petersburgh, is a fact not to b e disputed, and one which of all others redounds most to - the credit of the Government of her Britannic MAJEST Y ' By the s:h article of the Commercial Treaty, th e Porte throws open the Dardanelles to British shipping' without any restriction whatever ; consequently, t here is not only an end put to the treaty of Unkiar 'Ske lessi, but Russia is deprived, by a single stroke of pa cific policy, of the cherished object of th e intrigues of h er Cabinet for upwards of a century. We trust, that having thus succeeded in honourably regaining all 'the groun d which we lost through the imbecility of our Govern ments, one and all, since the death of Mr. CANNING, our Ministry will not attempt to explain away, by supplementary articles, any part of the treaty specifi cally objected to by the Russian Cabinet. The threat of Russia is evidently designed to try the pulse of England ; for should it fail to frighten the SULTAN into a compliance with the orders of the CZAR—whic h it will do if England offer manfully to suppor t him—a negociation will be set on foot for the purpose of so altering, explaining, and limiting th e treaty, as to render,it valueless to this country. Ne w ' therefore, is the time for the English Cabinet to take the initiative in the settlement of the Oriental ques tion. Leave Russia, if she will, to act as if the corn' mercial treaty between_ England and Turkey was a de claration, not of war, but of independence on the pa': of the Porte. England is too generous, even were it n e her interest, which in this case it undoubtedly is , t° allow the Porte to suffer for having dared to pre fer her alliance to that of the withering, all-graspiugt do mination of the Court of St. Petersburgh. Betwee n England and Russia a war is, sooner or later, inevitabl e ' and no occasion of one could occur, better calculat ed d to unite in one resistless force the whole moral , physical power of this country, than that now offer° by Russia, by the presentation of a Remonstrance fe r the ruin of our commercial and political influence in Turkey. The whole of the Paris Journals of Friday and S.ad turday have been received. They are mostly occur with comments upon the Royal Speeches addressed t° the Belgian and Spanish Chambers. The circumstance, of no mention being made of France in either of these documents has hurt the self-love of the French Pre ss ' • Extracts from them will be found else Where. We direct attention to a every remarkable address, ° r rather remonstrance, from General EspARTEB° t° the Regent of SPAIN, which will be found in our CO; lums of this day. We have not space at this mom ent for any comment upon it. MONEY AND COMMERCIAL NEWS' CITY (THIS DAY), 7'WELVE O'CLOC 9r. morning Our arrivals this are two French, two Os ten", one Dutch, and one Hamburgh mails. No ship letters. the following are the days for the closing of the transfer books at the Bank of England : SHUT. OPEN. Consols . Dec. 5, 1833 Ja n . 16, 180'' New 3),- per Cents Dec. 4 Jan. 16 Threw per Cents. New Five per Cents. Annuities for Terms of Years, Dec. 7 Jan. :23 East India Stock South Sea Stock surprise, if not with indignation, that to be the so❑ of a criminal is a passport to the favour and confidence of the High Church Tories of Islington. H•GH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE TO-MORROW. Morning. M minntes after 3 I Evening lO minutes after 4 NOW READY AT ALL THE LIBRARIES, in 3 vols., MR. THEODORE HOOK'S NEW NOVEL. GURNEY MARRIED. A Sequel to " Gilbert Gurney." Henry Colburn, publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. THE NEW AND REVISED EDITION OF L ORD LINDSAY'S LETTERS _ On and the HOLY LAND, _ In 2 vols., with Ilhistrations, 245. bound, IS NOW READY at all the BOOKSELLERS. Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. THE CITY BOOT AND SHOE MAKERS' STRIKE. THE PUBLIC are particularly requested to AT TEND a MEETING, which will be held on TUESDAY NEXT, Nov. 20, at the Mechanics' Institution, Southampton-build ings, Holborn. The Chair to be taken at Eight o'clock precisely. Me publication of THE SUN NEWSPAPER commenced this day at 30 minutes past Three o' Clock kt ....., .4 , f,:.) i-, - Ti_ t_ r. , , , _ ri-- (1,7 , )c WITH WHICH TILE " TRUE SUN" IS NOW INCORPORATED. New South Sea Annuities ... Dec. 6 Jan. 8 Three per Cent. Annuities (1751) Dec. 6 Jan. 8 be The total sum calculated to be laid out last week bY t , s Commissioners for the Savin gs Banks, as well as ann u j i ti ti e , granted for a term of years, is 118,0001., and it is cal by lated th a t s i nce th e commencemen t o f the purchase s o lf the Com m i ss i oners , th e quan tity o f Stock taken o ut circulation by them, is computed at 750,000 to 800,00 0 . With the exception of the foreign mails, we ha ve /I d ° . arrival—not even a single ship letter has been receive The con.ra r y winds, which prevent our receiving' from the United States, as well as from the West lea l e s cause rather a glo om i n th e City, an d d am p a ll specula ti° ' n ' both commercial and in the Funds. The overland express from India, which was anxioushl)re expected on Saturday last, has not as yet arrived. f $ news received from Persia, via Constantinople, a rc ° vie contradictory d escr ipti on : on th e arr i va l o f th e expre. ss t , shall have some intelligence more positive on the subJ ec f a . The accounts received from Madrid are still of An o rs vourable nature. Espartero appears jealous of the fa v ,, ° o l ' conferred on N a rva e z, a nd th e l a rge army of reserve W he is appointed to command. S 3. Consols opened this morning at the closing prices e• yer y turday, 94* to for the Account ; same for Money' little business doing as yet. Exchequer Bills 68 7 °,' e lc dia Bonds 63 65 ; Bank Stock 203 204 ; India P'" 261 262. In the Foreign Market, Spanish Active has ratioicit: c heavy appearance, closed at 17k, at present 17k ; pe r geese also lower, closed 31- 1 4 opened at 314- ; T hre i 79 Cents., 201 ; Brazilian same as they left off, 78. = gall Mexican, 23' 4 ; Colombian, 25i ; Dutch Two rid- 3 " rather lower, 541 ; Five per Cents. 100 an a Saturday's Liv er p oo l C o tton M ar k e t.—" The Li—, 0 00 for Cotton has b en f a i r f rom th e t ra d e , and about 4'tielt bags have been sold at full prices, the supply being r° smaIIPRICES than it was yesterday. cg , 1 OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLO .96 0. Bank Stork 2Ol lndia Stock ............ ...• . t 5 PO :1 per Cent. Red. 3 per Cent. Cons. 93% .. Ditto Bonds ................ per Cent 94% 4 i Sou: II Sea Stock .................. 3 .q- i OM Annuities.......... ..... Ditt o Red. 1007 4 74 , New Ditto ................... • l New 3I per Cent 10 2 14, ' 3 per Cent. Annuities, 175,tiii Pik. New 5 per Cent. Bank Long Annuities toexpire Ditto MO ...... ( .-* 0 0 P i ll Jan. 5, 1860 15 14 15-16 15 Ditto Small .................. ' _, l' - ,,. Oct. L., 1859 - ) 1,•• ' Ditto Commercial ....... .. ,1 4 Jan. 5, 1.861 — Ditto Advertised ......... - -- f2t o , Jon. 5, 188 ) ... Bank Stock for Accoun t ..• --7, April 5, MO — India Stock for Account ..... 0 7 ° Jan. 5, 1870 — Conso:s for Account ......... I., •' o ciC PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE 0.0 -..- Austrian Bonds — I Peruvian Bond s ................... _ _ Belgian Bonds Ditto Account 219 Brazilian Bonds Ditto Account - - Ditto Account ..........•••• Buenos Ayres Bonds Ditto Account Ditto Account' ............... ...... liOs Chilian Brands Prussian Bonds .. . .......... ID i . tto Account Colombian Bonds — Russian Bonds, 18.22 ............ 5 Ditto Account — Ditto A ccount .................... —)— SpanishDitto Ditto Metallic.. ............ Columbian Bonds, 18'4 Ditto Account...... jim ABoccl'odusn't ................................... 5,, ~. Danish Bonds Ditto Account —l Ditto Account. .......... .. f. ~.._ Greek Bonds , French, 5 per cent. •......... .....- - f. . c . : M D ex i i t ca to n A ß cc o o n u d zt 5 Ditto Bonds, 18•23 " ifti Ditto Account — Dutch, 2V 2 per cent. ............ . 5y , , Ditto, 6 per Cent Ditto Account... ............ :,,,,,,, , Ditto Account — Ditto, 5 per cent ............. uv .. : --- Neapolitan per Cen Ell----- 34F3,,ppeecrhraceneengnett.: ........................... -1..zt.;04,-.:,-,4_,' Ditto Account ..... ... .. es 0. PRICES OF SHARES THIS DAY AT O! , TE O'CL° Per 84'ig , i 4 P a id. ' b it fa Great Western Railway Company .. Brighton Railway .. 1 64 1 ~ n dnii and Greenwich :railway Compan r". 5 6* ..... 0' London and Croydon Railway Compary - 20 • 14 'rth Midland Railway Company HALF-PASTof the Consols are a shade lower than in the early' Par. t ,, o unt morning, when they were 94“ for the 11 4 ' vita ' at present may be quoted 94f ; MoneY, 9 r chas e ' little doing. The Commissioners have 1 3° io ta about five thousand Reduced at 93- f t• T he g affe ets weather still continuing, and no further arrivals, rathearDols, the Market. Exchequer Bills, 69 67 prem. ; In d a i 63 65 ; Bank Stock, 204 ; India Stock , 261 , 311 ; Spanish'Active, he a vy, 17k ; -P o rtuguese , low er Russian, it ii ; Dutch Two-and-a - Ha lf, 54i I. ._ es a re In the Sh are M ar k e t nothing doing , a nd the Prw nominal, as per Saturday. CO THR 'aEE O Consols for the Account, 94. ------ vere -- - --2--- -- -- - FROST.—Since our last , we have had veil'. se 0 0 t w h eather. Sharp frost has prevailed since MonCiaY•ci or e previous day, near Kendal, heavy snow felL, s ; I : I d e do lake hills are covered with their winter dress, wi).,, r ''' b e ary as well becomes them as their summer garb. we ~ey much illness in the town, and we trust that the severe s. . 4 titer will cause a favourable turn. Much corn is re r.t..06 but the frosty weather will have the effect of drying 1 " Kendal Mercury- NEW WORK by the AUTHOR of "RANDOM RECOL LEC PIONS," Nearly ready, in 2 vols. post octavo, A VELS IN TOWN. T R By the Author of " Random Recollections," " The Great Metropolis," &c. &c. Saunders and Orley, Conduit-street, Hanover-square. Orders received by all Booksellers. 1 l! 1 I I ,i